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Pathologist Consultation During Surgery

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 88329

This is a consultation from a pathologist while a surgery is still underway, giving the surgical team real-time guidance based on an initial look at removed tissue. It is a general service that can lead to further, more detailed tissue examination during the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pathologist Consultation During Surgery cost?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$52.48 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$40.74 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $427Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $32 to $166
$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $89

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Minnesota than in Arizona. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$89.13

MN $89.13AZ $34.67

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.